Suicide in New South Wales Prisons, 1995-2005: Towards a better understanding

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 519-524

  O'Driscoll, Colmán ^a   Samuels, Anthony ^a,b,c   Zacka, Mark ^a  

^a JUSTICE HEALTH AND FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Mental illness; Suicide in custody

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HANGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; LACERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRISONER; REVIEW; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PRISONS; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34249299732     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701341863     Document Type: Review

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